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Just a few more good picture Joel got for me to share with you

This past month marked one of the longest trips that Joel has ever taken.  What started out as 2 separate trips ended up being combined into one marathon trip.  He participated in this trip along with another couple from our leadership team.  During the trip they connected with 8 separate teams.  I was worried about […]

30 years ago, I was an uncoordinated child who just loved to dance.  My grandmother took pity on me and decided to pay for dance lessons.  Little did she know those lessons would only be the beginning.  6 years later at the beginning of high school I joined the dance team.  It just happened that […]

We started Wolof studies over 3 years ago.  When we started out we had just begun ministry so we were able to go at our language study with full force. Pretty quickly ministry responsibilities started in full swing cutting down our time in Wolof significantly.  We dropped down to pursuing Wolof 3 mornings a week […]

Our break from travel was much needed.  We really had a lot that we needed to get caught in on life and ministry in general.  It also gave us a chance to recharge.  Mostly it was also good for the boys have to have us both here for a long stretch of time.  However as […]

Last Monday I went fabric shopping with Joel’s mom and as I was doing that I thought it might be a fun post to share a little of what getting clothes here is like. First of all clothing is very important here.  It is not just important for your own image as it is in […]

The story in the gospel of the widow with her 2 coins has started to come alive to me recently as I have traveled around visiting some of our families.  One of my favorite parts of my ministry and talking with missionary moms.  There are a lot of challenges that missionary moms face.  Sure there […]

We have reached double digits!  Ethan has grown in amazing ways this year.  He has really gotten to a place where he reads scripture and can start applying it to his life and to where I can see him making his faith his own.  He is our game strategist and avid audio book listener.  This […]

Should be simple right?  Now I know DMV’s worldwide are not known for their efficiency, so let’s build in some cushion time for extra long waits and so on.  We are also in a country where any paperwork takes time, so we will add in a cushion for that.  Well over six months later we […]